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LGPS podcast: pooling private market assets – the role of Secondaries

With funds under pressure to pool their private market holdings, LGPS editor Mona Dohle speaks to Nadeem Hussain, head of Private Markets at LGPS Central and Stuart Hanson, co-founder of MeltX about the role of secondaries in pooling unlisted assets.

The ACCESS and Brunel funds have now chosen a new home and the focus of the LGPS shifts on meeting the March 2026 pooling deadline. One of the pools which is set to see a significant uptake in new assets is LGPS Central. How are funds and pools managing the transfer of illiquid, private market assets assets and could secondaries play a role?

The full podcast can be accessed here.

The £100bn LGPS Central pool is set to launch a social housing fund next year and expand partnerships with housebuilders and housing associations as part of a boost to its UK social housing strategy.